MSBlast hacker doesn't have to pay half mil The Minnesota teen convicted of creating a variant of the Blaster worm has been excused from paying US$500,000 in restitution to Microsoft, court papers revealed this week. Instead, he'll perform several hundred hours of community service. More...
LG in notebook play Korean manufacturer LG has enticed resellers to sell its range of Sonoma-based notebooks with an incentive program as steps up its presence in this growing but crowded market. More...
New laptop battery recharges in a minute Toshiba this week announced a new lithium-ion battery -- the type used in virtually all laptops -- that recharges 60 times faster than current batteries and loses less than one percent of its capacity after 1000 recharges. More...
New HP CEO won't rule out spin-offs New Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd said this week his primary focus will be on execution and creating shareholder value, and he won't rule out spinning off parts of the company to achieve those ends. More...
SAP launches program for building service-oriented architectures Business software maker SAP this week launched a program to help companies build service-oriented architectures, an evolution in distributed computing that leverages standards for connecting computer systems. More...
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